holgazán

adj.

lazy, bum, slothful, do-nothing.

m.

loafer, bum, dawdler, do-nothing.

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holgazán

► adjetivo

1 idle, lazy

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 lazybones, layabout

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(f. - holgazana)

noun

idler

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holgazán, -ana

1.

ADJ idle, lazy

2.

SM / F idler, loafer, layabout *

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I

-zana adjetivo lazy

II

-zana masculino, femenino idler, lazybones (colloq)

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= bum, shiftless, lazybones, layabout, idler.

Ex. Although the results provide support for the 'drunken bum' theory of wife beating, they also demythologize the stereotype because alcohol is shown to be far from a necessary or sufficient cause of wife abuse.

Ex. He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.

Ex. Many see his art as a vocation for lazybones and social misfits.

Ex. There is no evidence that inherited wealth is in itself responsible for turning young people into useless layabouts.

Ex. This magazine prints essays and stories that celebrate the joyful life of an idler.

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I

-zana adjetivo lazy

II

-zana masculino, femenino idler, lazybones (colloq)

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= bum, shiftless, lazybones, layabout, idler.

Ex: Although the results provide support for the 'drunken bum' theory of wife beating, they also demythologize the stereotype because alcohol is shown to be far from a necessary or sufficient cause of wife abuse.

Ex: He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.

Ex: Many see his art as a vocation for lazybones and social misfits.

Ex: There is no evidence that inherited wealth is in itself responsible for turning young people into useless layabouts.

Ex: This magazine prints essays and stories that celebrate the joyful life of an idler.

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holgazán¹ -zana

adjective

lazy

es muy holgazán he's very lazy, he's bone-idle (BrE)

holgazán² -zana

masculine, feminine

idler, lazybones (colloq)

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holgazán

◊ -zana adjetivo

lazy
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
idler, lazybones (colloq)
holgazán,-ana
I adjetivo lazy, idle
II sustantivo masculino y femenino lazybones inv, layabout

'holgazán' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
holgazana
- señorito
- vaga
- vago
- atorrante
- cómodo
- golfo
- huevón
- patán
- perezoso
English:
bum
- do-nothing
- idle

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holgazán, -ana

♦ adj

idle, lazy

♦ nm,f

layabout, lazybones

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holgazán

m idler

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holgazán, -zana adj, mpl -zanes : lazy

holgazán, -zana n, mpl -zanes haragán: slacker, idler

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holgazán adj lazy [comp. lazier; superl. laziest]